2011 Minor Leagues/Prospect Discussion Thread

[SharoneWright]

Not seeing it. She is not even softball hot.

Dude also thinks Pringles suck, so his opinion lacks a certain credibility...

[J.Kim]

Not seeing it. She is not even softball hot.

Dude also thinks Pringles suck, so his opinion lacks a certain credibility...

Agreed.

[LittleOzzy]

I don't see it. I even did a Google search just to see if the above was a bad picture.

She has better pictures out there, but nothing stunning.













She clearly has a good side and a bad side.

[J.Kim]

Call me sexist or too critical of chubby chicks but I think I prefer girls whose arms aren't the width of two and a half baseball bats strung together.

[Hoopstarr]

Pringles do suck. They're in no man's land between greasy and baked; the texture and crunch are unfulfilling; their shape is inconvenient and they break easily; and most importantly the flavor isn't any good.

[Mecca]

Well, I've seen her in person, and she thinned out a lot last year, so some pictures are kinda bad. (The pics posted up top are old I think... team Canada was in 08, right?)

Also, D'Antoni's a good coach? Some people haven't been paying close attention to the Knicks I guess!?


Oh.... PRINGLES. LOL You guys got me, ha.

[Avenger]

I don't know what idiot knicks fans want D'Antoni to do with a one dimensional roster that can score and do nothing else. What exactly are you guys expecting ?

[Mecca]

I don't know what idiot knicks fans want D'Antoni to do with a one dimensional roster that can score and do nothing else. What exactly are you guys expecting ?

D'Antoni was having the same problems with Chandler, Gallo, Felton, Randolph, and Mozgov as well.

The guy is a terrible coach. I can go on and on for days, but to point out his biggest weaknesses... He chooses to play Shawne Williams on Dwight Howard... He plays Jeffries over Shelden Williams, etc... Also, he sends young defensive minded players to the doghouse regularly. Also, Melo has more 3's in NY then he did in Denver. 25 games vs. 50 games... I can go on and on. Didn't even get into his defensive philosophy.

[Avenger]

I don't know what idiot knicks fans want D'Antoni to do with a one dimensional roster that can score and do nothing else. What exactly are you guys expecting ?

D'Antoni was having the same problems with Chandler, Gallo, Felton, Randolph, and Mozgov as well.

and that team was supposed to be more defensive oriented ? Blame Walsh for assembling a one dimensional roster both before and after the trade. The Knicks will never amount to anything unless they get a legit center to anchor their horrendous defence and those guys aren't easy to find.

[Kaizen]

What happened to this thread?

Where is the discussion about our prospects?

[Randle McMurphy]

Don't care about a team that's going to lose to the Celtics.

[WpgPage]

It got lost behind Lawrie's sister and Pringles, anyway speaking of Lawrie he had another good day at the plate with but another bad day in the Field with his 4th error in 7 games....... He may be a RF yet, but hopefully its just him getting used to the terrible field conditions in LV.

[Mecca]

I don't know what idiot knicks fans want D'Antoni to do with a one dimensional roster that can score and do nothing else. What exactly are you guys expecting ?

D'Antoni was having the same problems with Chandler, Gallo, Felton, Randolph, and Mozgov as well.

and that team was supposed to be more defensive oriented ? Blame Walsh for assembling a one dimensional roster both before and after the trade. The Knicks will never amount to anything unless they get a legit center to anchor their horrendous defence and those guys aren't easy to find.

You can play defense without a Kendrick Perkins or a Dwight Howard.

Look at the Bulls without Noah..

Mozgov, and Turiaf were decent enough to get the job done to have a decent defensive team. We're awful defensively.

[Avenger]

Sorry, yeah, this thread is about Blue Jays prospects, not a team that is gonna get swept in teh playoffs

[Kaizen]

That is bad news about Lawrie. I thought people were saying he was okay in the field during spring training.

[Schad]

It got lost behind Lawrie's sister and Pringles, anyway speaking of Lawrie he had another good day at the plate with but another bad day in the Field with his 4th error in 7 games....... He may be a RF yet, but hopefully its just him getting used to the terrible field conditions in LV.

...or getting used to a position that he has never really played. It's going to take some time.

Glimmer of good news elsewhere in the system. Kenny Wilson (a second rounder in 2008 with plenty of athleticism but little ability to hit) is off to a good start, with three extra-base hits and only two strikeouts. Six good games obviously don't reverse ~1000 plate appearances of suck, but he's worth keeping an eye on.

Deck had a less than stellar second start; 3 ER over 4.2 IP, including 5 hits, 2 walks, and a HR.

[Mecca]

Sorry, yeah, this thread is about Blue Jays prospects, not a team that is gonna get swept in teh playoffs

I don't want to derail the thread at all so I'm going to end the convo here...

I think we both know that you just threw me a softball joke to nail out of the park, but I'm not a fan of trolling, so I won't do it here.

[luvtheteam]

BA is out with their first weekly prospect hot sheet. Lawrie shows as #4:
No. 4 BRETT LAWRIE, 3B
BLUE JAYS

Team: Triple-A Las Vegas (Pacific Coast)
Age: 21
Why He's Here: .441/.513/.706 (15-for-34), 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBIs, 7 R, 3 BB, 7 SO, 2-for-2 SB
The Scoop: The Blue Jays have beefed up their farm system through increased spending in the draft and the international markets. But trading big leaguers for prospects has already started to net the club top minor league prospects. Kyle Drabek, acquired from the Phillies in the Roy Halladay trade, looks like a potential frontline starter early this season.

Lawrie, who arrived from the Brewers in exchange for Shaun Marcum, could soon join Drabek in Toronto. Lawrie's bat speed, raw power and athleticism catch the attention of scouts, and his introduction to Triple-A baseball has gone smoothly. Moved from second base to third in a last-chance hope to keep him in the infield, Lawrie's defensive transition hasn't been easy, as he's already committed four errors in eight games.


They also mention Hutch in the 'Helium Watch' section:
HELIUM WATCH


• Drew Hutchison, rhp, Blue Jays: When the Blue Jays whiffed on signing picks in the top three rounds in 2009, they did land a consolation prize, as that freed up the $400,000 to sign righthander Drew Hutchison, a 15th-round pick out of a Lakeland, Fla., high school. When you draft a somewhat skinny high school righthander, scouts hope he'll add velocity as he fills out, and that's exactly what's happened with the 20-year-old. When Hutchison signed, he featured an 88-92 mph to go with an erratic, but promising low-80s slider and a useful changeup. Now he's sitting at 92-95 mph, and his slider has become a potentially devastating 86-88 mph rapier.

The Blue Jays big league staff got a taste of Hutchison's improvement when he came from the back fields to make an emergency start in spring training. Facing the Phillies' big leaguers, Hutchison held Philadelphia to two hits and two runs in 4 2/3 innings. Comparted to that test, returning to low Class A must have seemed easy. Hutchison cruised through his first start with Lansing, allowing three hits while striking out 11 and walking one in seven innings of work.


EDIT: Full Article: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/pr ... 11586.html

[Hoopstarr]

A devastating 86-88 mph rapier!

[Schad]

A devastating 86-88 mph rapier!

I really don't know what they were going for there...a rapier is a straight thrusting sword, so if they were going for "it's angry and it bends!" they missed the target. Not to mention that it sounds like the sort of thing that should be followed by an emoticon.